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1、高级英语8(AdvancedEnglish8)Theinteractionoflifeitwillputtheworldatyourfingertips,Thewayyouchangeyourshopping,entertainment,andlearningactivities.Whenwillthefutureofthislifecometrue?BarbaraRowe?KingtypeMainz,uncleWahCooperRamo??------------------------------------------
2、--------------------------------------Fromthehistoryofthepastcaninferthefuture.IntheEdisonNationalHistoricMuseuminWestOrange,NewJersey,thereisanexhibitionhallforgramophonedisplayswithtwelveoldgramophone.SomeofthesephonographrecordsweremadebyThomasEdison,whoinvented
3、acoustictechnologyin1877,whileothersweremadebycompetitors.Inthedecadesthathavebeenrecordedbythephonograph,theconceptandfunctionofsoundretentiontechnologyhavechangedgreatly.InEdison'sunderstanding,thephonographisatoolthatcanhelppeoplecommunicateinremoteplaces.Hejust
4、wantedtorecordpeople'svoices-notatall,butthecompetitorsthoughttheyhadgreaterpotentialforentertainmentandart.Edisonsawamemopadfromthegramophone,andsomeoneelsefoundBeethoven.Someday,itispossibletohaveasimilarmemorialtocommemoratethelatestbreakthroughtechnology-theunr
5、ealizedprophecyoftheinteractivetechnologyinventors.Canthetechnologyreallychangetheworld?Atechnologydevelopmentprogramthatisstillinthetheoreticaldesignstagehasreceivedhugesumsofmoney,Hasbecomepeople'sinfiniteexpectation,nowonderitcancreateagreatsensation.Infact,afte
6、rall,thehighestexpectedgoalofthisprogramis:anyonewhotouchesabuttontogetalargeamountofinformation-dramavideoprogramsfromairlineschedulestoabstrusespecializedmagazinestothelatestBroadwayexperimentalcenter,allkindsofinformationineverything.Watchingmoviesisnolongerapas
7、siveexperience.Youwanttowatchandchangethestorylineatanypoint,soyoucancreateyourownpersonalterminator12program.Consumerscaneitherreceiveorsendallkindsofinformation.Forexample,ifyoucanshootavideothatyouthinkisofgreatartisticvalue,andplayitout,youcansendasmallfortunet
8、othosewhowatchalotofthefilm.PeterJennings?Willnolongerbeknown,allpeoplecanholdthecamerashootingnewsprogram,andthenthroughtheuniversalnetworkplayo